ÃŽle Notre-Dame

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The Île Notre -Dame is a facility located in St. Lawrence River artificial river island in the Canadian province of Québec. It was created in 1965 from the excavation of the Metro Montreal and two years later was part of the exhibition grounds of Expo 67 Along with the neighboring Île Sainte -Hélène, it forms the Parc Jean Drapeau -.

Description

The Hochelaga Archipelago belonging to the island is about six kilometers long and up to 600 meters wide. The Chenal Le Moyne, a tributary of the St. Lawrence River, separates the Île Notre -Dame Île Sainte- Hélène; the shipping channel of the St. Lawrence Seaway forms the boundary to the adjacent Longueuil. The island's name is reminiscent of the Société Notre- Dame de Montréal, under whose direction the Fort Ville- Marie was born, from which developed the city of Montreal.

In 1963, the city awarded the contract to host the World Expo 67 and determined the Ile Sainte -Hélène as the center of the exhibition area. In order to create more space for the numerous buildings and pavilions, poured you the excavated material - several million tons of rock and soil - the then under construction in the metro St. Lawrence River on. The area had previously been a watt.

1975 gave way to most of the buildings on the island of the regatta course for the rowing and canoeing competitions of the Olympic Summer Games 1976. In 1980, the island was the scene of Horticultural Exhibition Flora Lies. The pavilions from France, Quebec, Jamaica, Canada and Tunisia have survived the French pavilion houses the Casino de Montréal, the largest casino in Canada. On the island there is the Circuit Gilles -Villeneuve, an automobile racetrack, on the since 1978 the Canadian Grand Prix of Formula 1 is performed.

Accessible is the Ile Notre -Dame over the bridges Pont Jacques- Cartier, Victoria Pont and Pont des Îles.